Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California. Show all posts

1/21/2014

Anti-Gun Senator: This Homemade Weapon Can Shred an Airplane in Half!

What happens when you mix an illogical fear of guns with profound ignorance?

You get Kevin de Leon, a California State Senator and rabid anti-gun nut from Los Angeles, going on television and demonstrating that he is now illiterate in three languages.

Democrat de Leon has introduced a bill, SB808, addresses homemade weapons, which he calls "ghost guns".  His bill would require the makers of all homemade guns, including those produced by 3D printers,  to apply to the state DOJ for a serial number to be applied to the gun, and that a piece of metal be made a permanent part of the gun, so that the weapon could be seen by metal detectors.
Magazine vs. Clip

For starters, his bill makes no sense, and is just another feel-good piece of paper that he can take back to his constituents and say, "Look what I did!" Yes, the gun he is holding is homemade, but it is also fully automatic (by his own admission), which already makes it illegal. Does he really believe that the person, or the people who make this and other "ghost" guns are going to voluntarily contact the DOJ to have a serial number issued?  WHY do so many people think that our elected officials are so smart? They're not!  The people who are making or buying these weapons are either acquiring them as "throwaways", or people who are concerned with a coming tyrannical government may start to produce them.  Neither one is are going to apply for a serial number.

Kevin de Leon then goes on to prove to the whole world that he has never handled or been around a weapon his whole life, as he makes a glaring number of farcical statements about the weapon in his hands, including that it has a firing rate nearly that of a military phalanx system, which can shred an airplane or missile in half.

Phalanx Systems in Action

He picks up one weapon and swings it around with his finger inside the trigger guard and on the trigger.  Safety first, Kevin! He then picks up another weapon, which he calls "an automatic sniper weapon".  This is getting hysterical.  A sniper, by the very nature of his job, would never use an automatic rifle.  They are single shot bolt actions or semi-auto.

Mixing up clips, magazines, and caliber and capacity, his entire demonstration was, as they say, "a hot mess". He comes off as someone who was thrust into doing a demonstration at the last minute, yet he is the one who is the author of the bill!  The supposed expert! In reality, he is just another typical liberal, reacting emotionally to something of which he has zero knowledge, thus unable to make a coherent intellectual case.  Because there is no case to make.  His SB808 bill is intellectually vapid.  A "feel good" measure. It will have ZERO effect on the sale or manufacture of these weapons because they are already a black market item.

Meanwhile, these same idiots are doing their best to make it as difficult as possible for law-abiding people to get legal guns and ammunition to protect themselves and their families from criminals who are able to get their weapons and ammo easily.

Thanks, Mr. Wizard!



Watch the full press conference below:


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8/27/2013

California trying to strike out tax-exempt status for Little League, 'discriminatory' groups

A California bill that could strip tax-exempt status from Little League, the Boy Scouts of America and other “discriminatory” nonprofit youth-serving groups could come up for a final vote this week.

The first-of-its-kind bill, SB 323, passed the California Senate and sailed through Assembly committees to a floor vote, possibly this week.

READ MORE:
California trying to strike out tax-exempt status for Little League, 'discriminatory' groups - Washington Times

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8/22/2013

CA Elementary to "Discontinue " Policy Which Forced Students to Kneel Before the Principal and Admins.

Posted by Brian

Who says the 'Nobility Class' doesn't exist? A Southern California elementary school Principal with an apparent 'Napoleon complex', appears to believe he belongs in it, forcing students to behave like subjects toward he and his fellow administrators.

Congratulation to the parents who stood up for their children's rights, and alerted other parents to this practice, forcing the school to halt this so-called "safety" measure.  Lets be clear: This is not a safety measure, but behavior modification of our youth, teaching them at a young age to be compliant towards officials.

What is also disturbing about this is not only that the Principle did this, but that the administration and teachers went along with it.  Is there literally NO ONE in this school who had the decency, common sense, and backbone to stand up and say, "This is wrong, and I will not be a part of, or allow, this behavior to take place on my watch"?

Do you still believe that the teachers and Teacher Unions have the best interests of your children at heart?  If you do, you better wake the hell up!


School District Ends Policy Of Forcing Students To Kneel Down For Dismissal
August 20, 2013 11:59 AM

YUCAIPA (CBSLA.com) — School district officials in San Bernardino County say they will discontinue a policy that required elementary school students to kneel down before being dismissed to class.

Principal Dana Carter (at left) at Calimesa Elementary School had reportedly instituted the policy, which called for students at various times of the school day to kneel down on one knee and wait for the principal or another administrator to dismiss them, as a safety measure.
Continue Reading at CBSLocal Los Angeles
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6/28/2013

CA Spending $990K Brainwashing Teens as Unpaid Propagandizers for ObamaCare

Posted by Brian

California School To Use Tax Money To Train Students To Sell Obamacare
June 27, 2013 by Sam Rolley


“…Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organizations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever to rebel against the discipline of the Party. On the contrary, they adored the Party and everything connected with it. The songs, the processions, the banners, the hiking, the drilling with dummy rifles, the yelling of slogans, the worship of Big Brother — it was all a sort of glorious game to them. All their ferocity was turned outwards, against the enemies of the State, against foreigners, traitors, saboteurs, thought-criminals. It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children. And with good reason, for hardly a week passed in which The Times did not carry a paragraph describing how some eavesdropping little sneak — ‘child hero’ was the phrase generally used — had overheard some compromising remark and denounced its parents to the Thought Police.”–George Orwell in 1984

While they aren’t co-opting youngsters to spy on parents for speaking out against the government (yet), the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSF) is planning to use a $990,000 State grant to teach teens to sell Obamacare on their families.

The funding comes from a broader $37 million grant blitz by Covered California, the State’s health insurance exchange, to promote President Barack Obama’s nationally unpopular healthcare overhaul.

“We have confidence that the model LA Unified brought to the table will be successful in reaching our target population, which includes family members of students,” said Sarah Soto-Taylor, spokeswoman for Covered California.

The grant money provided to LAUSD will be used to encourage families to sign up for Obamacare via phone calls to students’ homes, in-class presentations and meetings with employees eligible for Obamacare’s taxpayer-covered healthcare, the grant award says.
Continue Reading at Personal Liberty Digest
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5/18/2013

What Does Tyranny Look Like? IRS Seizes More Than 60 MILLION Medical Records Without Warrants!!

Posted by Brian

It is patently obvious that the Obama Administration, through the IRS, the Department of Justice, the EPA, the State Department, and who knows who else, is at war with the people of the United States.

This latest revelation, that the IRS has seized private medical records of over 10 million Americans should send a chill up every American's spine.  This is corruption of the highest order.  It cannot be coincidental that federal departments as disparate as the IRS, Justice, and the EPA, spontaneously and autonomously, decided to target Tea Party groups, pro-Israel groups, conservative religious organizations, and now seize the medical records of millions of Americans, including the records of EVERY State judge in California.

The potential for political thuggery of seizing private medical records of judges is off the charts.  Knowing the personal information of these judges, which could include whether they have had psychiatric care, drug or alcohol problems or rehab, and any number of medical conditions would open the floodgates for the Feds to have the ability to extort judges into rulings that would be favorable to the government on any number of cases or issues.

Congress needs to quit pussy-footing around with all of these separate committee hearings for all of these different scandals, and put ALL of them under a single umbrella, and assign a special prosecutor to investigate them as a whole, connecting the dots to what is a clearly coordinated campaign by the Obama Administration to "fundamentally transform" the United States into his socialist/Marxist vision.

Class Calls IRS Rude, Crude and Abusive
By REBEKAH KEARN

SAN DIEGO (CN) - A lurid but vague class action accuses corrupt and abusive IRS agents of stealing 10 million people's medical records without a warrant - including "intimate medical records of every state judge in California."    
John Doe Company sued 15 John Doe IRS agents in Superior Court.    
"This is an action involving the corruption and abuse of power by several Internal Revenue Service ('IRS') agents (collectively referred to as 'defendants' herein) during a raid of John Doe Company, in the Southern District of California, on March 11, 2011," the complaint states. "In a case involving solely a tax matter involving a former employee of the company, these agents stole more than 60,000,000 medical records of more than 10,000,000 Americans, including at least 1,000,000 Californians.    
"No search warrant authorized the seizure of these records; no subpoena authorized the seizure of these records; none of the 10,000,000 Americans were under any kind of known criminal or civil investigation and their medical records had no relevance whatsoever to the IRS search. IT personnel at the scene, a HIPPA [sic: recte HIPAA] facility warning on the building and the IT portion of the searched premises, and the company executives each warned the IRS agents of these privileged records. The IRS agents ignored and discarded each of these warnings, ignored their own published and public-reliant rules and governing ethical requirements, and ignored the limitations of the court's search warrant authorization, seizing the records under threat of destroying company property."
Continue Reading at Courthouse News Services
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4/13/2013

Worst Run State in the U.S.? CA Dem Proposes Bill That Will Shutdown Small Restaurants

Posted by Brian

Is this the new face of "authentic" Mexican food restaurants for Californians?
With California tied for the worst unemployment rate in the country (9.6, not counting those who have dropped out of the labor force), Democrat Mark DeSauliner (Concord) has proposed a bill (SB-747) that would require every restaurant to pay for, and conduct "risk assessment" testing on every item on their menu, and provide a "Public Health Impact Report", along with a mitigation plan for any impacts.  The rationale for the bill is to determine if their food "contributes significantly to a significant public health epidemic".
Am I missing something here?  Where are we seeing an "epidemic"of people getting sick and dying from eating out at restaurants? I thought the whole purpose of the our health and safety codes, along with inspections currently in place do that. The "fat epidemic", maybe? We consumers are already deluged with information about calories, fat, trans-fats, salt, and everything else on menus, it is practically overwhelming. The facts to make sensible choices are already there.
There aren't any epidemics! This is another "crisis" created by a politician to steal more money from the people of California.  It has nothing to do with safety, and everything to do with extortion.  Extortion that will literally put every small restaurant in the state out of business, leaving only the cookie-cutter chain restaurants to survive.
In a state with the largest Hispanic population in the country (14.1 Million), how ironic (and sad) will it be to have Taco Bell be representative of "authentic" Mexican food?

CALIFORNIA BILL COULD SHUT DOWN SMALL RESTAURANTS
by WARNER TODD HUSTON  10 Apr 2013

The State of California has one of the worst proposals of any legislature in the country this year with a new bill that would force every restaurant and food service business in the state to commission an expensive "risk assessment" test for every menu item.

Such a test could cost thousands of dollars for every food item sold. This outrageous and cost prohibitive testing would certainly cause all but the biggest chain restaurants to go out of business almost instantly.
Read More at Breitbart's Big Government
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3/18/2013

California "No Rights" List: Gun Registration Leading to Confiscation

Posted by Brian

Does anyone still believe that firearms registration doesn't lead to confiscation?  California Attorney General Kamal Harris apparently believes that it not only gives her the authority, but she is putting her belief into action.
She claims that law enforcement are only confiscating firearms from those who are no longer "qualified" to own a weapon, even though they may have been purchased legally.  She claims that it is for people who have been deemed to have "lost their rights" to own firearms due to criminal convictions, restraining orders, or mental health detentions.  There are currently 19,700 Californians on the "No rights" list.  To date, 10,000 firearms have been confiscated.
Already, there is a man who had his firearms confiscated because his wife "voluntarily" had herself committed to a hospital to adjust her medications.
The program, which has already been given $24 million to implement, leaves me to wonder how many veterans who may need mental health care, make the decision not to seek treatment if doing so puts them on a permanent list which denies them the right to own firearms.
There is no word yet on what the state plans to do about the millions of illegal firearms owned by criminals and illegal immigrants once they have confiscated firearms from those who have purchased and registered their firearms legally.

California again proves that purpose of registration is confiscation
SECOND AMENDMENT MARCH 13, 2013BY: KURT HOFMANN

CA Attorney General Kamala Harris
"Just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn't mean that we're not going to walk into that home and check to see if you're being responsible..."
For those who have not paid attention to history, and are thus unaware that the very point of any gun registration regime is the eventual confiscation of the registered, and thus conveniently pinpointed, guns, California is kindly offering another lesson.

From Bloomberg:  Wearing bulletproof vests and carrying 40-caliber Glock pistols, nine California Justice Department agents assembled outside a ranch-style house in a suburb east of Los Angeles. They were looking for a gun owner who’d recently spent two days in a mental hospital.

How did they know this individual was a gun owner?

California is the only state that tracks and disarms people with legally registered guns who have lost the right to own them, according to Attorney General Kamala Harris.

Ah, yes--Kamala Harris. We've discussed her before, regarding her advocacy of "body armor control," and her perhaps even more chilling apparent disregard for the Fourth Amendment:

The idea, she contends, is to remind legal gun owners how to behave.

"Just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn't mean that we're not going to walk into that home and check to see if you're being responsible and safe in the way that you conduct your affairs," Harris said.
Read more at Examiner.com
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3/12/2013

CA Bill Would Effectively Outlaw Pistol Ammunition

Posted by Brian

The endgame goal?
Wacko environmentalists are pushing for a ban on lead ammunition, the consequence of which would leave to pistol owners unable to purchase ammunition for their weapons.  As steel core ammunition is defined in the penal code as "armor piercing", the outlawing of lead effectively outlaws all ammunition used by pistols.
Furthermore, the use of steel core ammunition in California is severely limited due to fire hazards created when the bullets strike a rock.  Many outdoor ranges limit when steel core can be used , especially during California's notorious "fire season".  In addition, shooting steel core on federal forestry land is prohibited entirely, and as many ranges are on land leased from the federal government, they don't allow the firing of this type of ammunition at any time so as not to have their lease pulled.

California Penal Code Section 12320 states:
Any person, firm, or corporation who, within this state knowingly possesses any handgun ammunition designed primarily to penetrate metal or armor is guilty of a public offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison, or in the county jail for a term not to exceed one year, or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Cal. Penal Code section 12323 Defines "Armor Piercing" as follows:
ABSTRACT: 'Handgun ammunition' means ammunition principally for use in pistols and revolvers as they are defined in Section 12001 of the Penal Code. Handgun ammunition designed primarily to penetrate metal or amor is defined in the same manner as it is defined in federal law.  Penal Code Title 2: Control of Deadly Weapons Chapter 2.6: Ammunition  Definitions  Section 12323  As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) 'Handgun ammunition' means ammunition principally for use in pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed upon the person, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 12001, notwithstanding that the ammunition may also be used in some rifles. (b) 'Handgun ammunition designed primarily to penetrate metal or armor' means any ammunition, except a shotgun shell or ammunition primarily designed for use in rifles, that is designed primarily to penetrate a body vest or body shield, and has either of the following characteristics: (1) Has projectile or projectile core constructed entirely, excluding the presence of traces of other substances, from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium, or any equivalent material of similar density or hardness. (2) Is primarily manufactured or designed, by virtue of its shape, cross-sectional density, or any coating applied thereto, including, but not limited to, ammunition commonly known as 'KTW ammunition,' to breach or penetrate a body vest or body shield when fired from a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person. (c) 'Body vest or shield' means any bullet-resistant material intended to provide ballistic and trauma protection for the wearer or holder. (d) 'Rifle' shall have the same meaning as defined in paragraph (20) of subdivision (c) of Section 12020.

This bill to ban lead ammunition is another end-run by the leftists on the People's Second Amendment Right to keep and bear arms.  Their claim that it is to "protect wildlife", smacks of the same flawed logic, based on flawed studies (link), that has caused the electronic industry to switch from lead-based solder to silver solder in the manufacture of electronic components, which increase costs while decreasing reliability.  In addition, the metals now used in electronic solder applications come with a host of problems, from phenomenom called "tin-whiskers", "tombstoned components, and cracked solder joints. In addition, the tin and silver-based solders are worse for the environment than the highly reliable lead solder, which has been used for decades.

"RoHS" directives mandated by the EU were based on a scientific study by Professor Timothy Townshend, which showed lead from electronic components was leaching into landfills.  The European Union hastily put together a worldwide mandate to eliminate lead from commercial electronic components.  They went forward with this directive, despite subsequent studies, including those by Professor Townshend himself, which all contradicted the results of the initial study, and showed no discernible leaching of lead into the landfills by electronic components.  But by this time, the EU and other countries has realized the huge financial windfall to be gained through the enactment of the ROHS mandates.  In the end, politics and money overrode sound science.

Sound familiar?

Bill would ban Lead Ammunition in California
By TRACIE CONE - Associated Press Monday, Mar. 11, 2013 | 05:35 PM

Environmentalists are pushing legislation to ban lead ammunition in California to prevent toxins from poisoning scavengers that eat animal remains left by hunters.

Final language of the bill was introduced Monday by Assembly Member Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood, who said the legislation would remove a lingering source of pollution from the environment. It was sponsored by three major environmental groups — Defenders of Wildlife, Audubon California, and the Humane Society of the United States.

"There really is no question that lead ammo is a threat," said Kim Delfino of Defenders of Wildlife. "To pass a bill in California would set the stage for this happening throughout the country, the way low-emissions vehicle standards changed the market nationwide."
Continue Reading at ABC News
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3/02/2013

CA Raising Tax On Highest Gas Price In Nation

Posted by Brian

Pointing to a tax shortfall in gas tax revenue due Californians' driving less, the California State Board of Equalization voted to raise the gas tax 10% on July 1st.
So let me get this straight. People drive less, so they need to buy less gas. By buying less gas, less taxes are collected from the sale of gas. So, California's answer is to make a gallon of the most expensive gas in the country even more expensive, causing people to monitor their driving habits even more, and use even less gas. Fewer long trips. Fewer trips to the store. Fewer trips to restaurants.
Since the new tax occurs during the height of the summer vacation season, we can cancel that trip to Disneyland or Magic Mountain. Or, we'll take the vacation, but factor in the increase to our budget. We can forgo overpriced souvenirs, or not eat at the park, leaving for a few hours to grab something to eat at a less expensive eatery.  Even better, have a cooler with sandwiches and drinks in the car.
And then, of course, the cost of getting food and other products to the market will now be more expensive. Those semi's and trains use gas too, so the increased cost of getting those products to market will be passed on to retailers who will raise their prices accordingly.  Beef, coffee, milk, and other staples will become "luxuries", if they aren't already, for many residents.
The once-great state now leads the nation in "poverty rate", with an astounding 23.5% falling into this category.  California has more people on welfare than the next eight states combined(!), and nearly twice as many as the 2nd place State of New York.
With jobs and people leaving, and the State in debt by as much as $335 BILLION, a rational person might be looking for ways to actually encourage new business to come into the state, as well as giving its people a reason NOT to leave.  But California leaders seem hell-bent on doing the exact opposite, marching headlong into the abyss, as their dream of creating a socialist utopia blinds them to the inevitable disaster looming ahead.
For those who do plan on leaving California for better opportunities, AND you are one of those who repeatedly voted for the liberal/socialist jokers who run California, do the people of the state you move to a favor: DON'T go there as a "displaced Californian". Don't vote for the same kinds of idiots that destroyed the once-Golden State.  Don't try to change your new home. Embrace it. Become a "Texan", or "South Carolinian", or "Floridian".  You screwed up your state. Don't screw up theirs. Embrace their distinct culture, history, liberties, and advantages.   If your plan is to "take advantage" of the opportunities of wherever you land, and continue to vote for the same kind of people who destroyed California, then stay where you are. Wallow in the mess you and others created, and be content in that misery.  Don't spread your disease to the states that have been responsible in their governance.
California, once admired, is now a laughingstock to all but themselves.
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Read the UT San Diego Article Here:
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2/06/2013

Latest Calif. Gun Grab: Price Out Of Reach with Insurance Mandates

Posted by Brian


The leftists in California are at it again.  Seeing their prospects of Dianne Feinstein's gun ban legislation dim, the land of fruits and nuts is trying an end run on the 2nd Amendment.  Make private ownership of weapons too expensive.  While others, in their homage to despots and dictators, look to make ammunition prohibitively expensive,  or to outlaw lead AND steel core bullets, another leftist nut job is approaching suspension of the Second Amendment from an entirely different angle.

Philip Ting 
Assemblyman Phillip Ting, Democrat from San Francisco (where else would he be from?), has introduced Assembly Bill 223 (AB223), which would force gun owners to purchase liability insurance for their right to own a weapon.  "But, but, car owners have to by liability insurance!", the typical liberal lemming will say.  Yes, but you don't have a God-given RIGHT to drive a car. Every American has a Constitutional right to own a weapon. Not just the rich or well-connected (i.e. the ruling class).

For those thinking that Ting is just a concerned politician and father, aside from his leftist ideology, he may be motivated by something a little more lucrative.  Ting has had a rather cozy relationship with the insurance industry, receiving over $20,000 from Big Insurance in his last run for office. I'm sure that insurance companies will be more than happy to help fund this legislation, as well as reward those who legislators who would spearhead and legislative windfall to the industry.

Keep an eye on this one!

Insurance Move Aimed at Pricing Guns Out of Existence

California, as usual, is leading the Left in wackiness as liberals see their chances for eliminating guns fading after the Newtown slaughter. When the latest nut job massacred a score of youngsters, the Left saw an opportunity to reach their long-held goal of eliminating guns, using a road paved with the bodies of children to achieve their dictatorial goals.
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12/06/2012

Congratulations California! You Are Now Highest Taxed State!

Posted by Brian
Prepare to see a mass exodus of individuals and business from California.
Californian's have voted themselves the number one state in the country - for paying taxes.  Even while the state sinks further into debt, has record home foreclosures, and continues to have one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, a small majority voted to increase the State Income Tax to 13.3%.
California is already seeing a large number of the states' residents pack off for greener pastures. As the song goes goes:  "You ain't seen nothin' yet!"


December 5, 2012
High-income Californians may pay nation's highest tax rate 

Thanks to passage of Proposition 30 last month, high-income Californians would pay the nation's highest marginal income tax rates -- nearly 52 percent -- if President Barack Obama and Congress fail to make a deal to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff," according to a new study.
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Read more here: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/12/high-income-californians-may-pay-nations-highest-tax-rate.html#storylink=cpy

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